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Kolkata : Questioning the motive behind Home Minister Rajnath Singh's visit to the state, including to enclaves on the India-Bangladesh border, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday slammed the central government for not holding any "prior discussion" on the tour.

"Today Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh Ji has visited Chhit-Mahal areas (border enclaves) in Cooch Behar, along with BJP MPs. Is it an official visit or a political visit?

Bengaluru : A world-class expressway would be built by NHAI between Bengaluru and Chennai to reduce travel time, save fuel and trigger economic activity, Union Road Transport and Highways and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Tuesday.

"The 260-km Bengaluru-Chennai expressway will be built on the lines of the Mumbai-Pune expressway, which had reduced travel time from eight hours to two hours," Gadkari said here after laying foundation stone for upgrading two national highways in northern and southern Karnataka.

Kolkata : In the wake of the NIA's claim that the terrorists involved in the Burdwan blast had conspired to overthrow the government in Bangladesh, the BJP on Tuesday charged West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress of trading national security for the sake of vote bank.

New Delhi : The AAP government on Tuesday said it would work towards the regularisation of the national capital's unauthorised colonies by initiating steps like boundary fixation and asking the MCD to prepare layout plans for such colonies.

Addressing a press conference here, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said: "We are dedicated towards regularising the irregular colonies by fixing their boundaries and asking the MCDs (municipal corporations of delhi) to prepare a layout plan for such colonies."

Siliguri : A day after the NIA claimed that the terrorists involved in the Burdwan blast had conspired to overthrow the government in Bangladesh, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday visited the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal.

Visits to the border outposts in Cooch Behar district and the Tin Bigha corridor as well as the border enclaves were on the itinerary of Rajnath Singh during his two-day tour of the state.

His statement came after media reports quoted Congress leader Sudip Roy Barman and published photographs of Sarkar attending the inaugural function of a park set up by Kolkata-based Rose Valley group, a chit fund organisation.

New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to BJP leaders L.K. Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi and 17 others on a petition challenging the Allahabad High Court verdict discharging them of criminal conspiracy in the demolition of the Babri Masjid in 1992.

Besides the two, union minister Uma Bharti and Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh -- who was Uttar Pradesh chief minister when the mosque was razed -- have also been issued notice.

Panaji : The Congress in Goa has questioned BJP's world record membership drive, citing the recently concluded local Zilla Panchayat election, where the BJP netted far less votes than its four lakh registered members.

Congress secretary Durgadas Kamat in a statement issued here said there was a big gulf between the four lakh voters registered by the BJP in January this year and the total number of votes polled by the party in the March Zilla Panchayat (ZP) polls.

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